Hey, welcome to the damage report. I'm pretty sure this is the closest to the beginning

of the show that everything's been in place since the show started. I'm Brett Arleagate

for John Eiterol, you know who else is in for John Eiterol, a brook Thomas.

Hi, hi, hi, it's been a wild one. It's been a wild one, but we are here. Our voices

are clear. Our minds are clear. Can't lose or something like that.

Don't can't stop won't stop. I'm in my outfit today. I would like to say is inspired by

Andrew Yang, but the real reason I hate the way I look I guarantee you look really nice.

It has been such a crazy week here at the Young Turks. We've had as you've noticed John

away, Jank away. Jank came back. John suspiciously still absent. If you see him, please tell us

where he is. We would like to know just kidding. He'll be back Monday. Getting some well-deserved

48 hours off I believe is the grand total. Yeah, he's at a board game. No, there's no way that's

possible. John Candyland, monopoly, sorry, I think right in a sorry. It's a little ironic that

that's what what he's doing right now. Go for broke. Did you ever play that as a kid?

No, I didn't. It was like I think it was like a 1970s game. We have like an old version

because I lived with my grandma. I used to play it. Yeah, how are you doing because you drink

a triple espresso this morning? I accidentally hit the triple cappuccino button on the machine.

And so we'll see. It's in my bloodstream and it's making my way. I don't know. I'm going to have

to go out and get it depending on how well we do. But we do have a lot of news to get to today.

We have the breaking news that we'll start off with, which is Eric Garner, new developments in

that case. But there are other things we have on the show. Trump's going after Elijah Cummings.

Again, this in the wake of Elijah Cummings actually being the victim of a crime. And Trump felt

the need to go after him for that. We have a firsthand account of a protest that took place in

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